The UK’s oldest film fest, Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has ridden some storms in recent years. Its parent company went into administration, but it bounced back last year and the festival is storming into its 77th year on a wave of exciting movies and a new leadership team.
The fest’s full line-up has just been announced – and it’s packed with attention-grabbing titles and premieres.
Fancy some body horror and a Demi Moore comeback for the ages? There’s Coralie Fargeat’s ‘The Substance’. After a major Hollywood blockbuster? Check out ‘Alien: Romulus’. Something more local? Saoirse Ronan’s acclaimed drama ‘The Outrun’, set in Orkney. Or just fancy the chance to catch the great Colman Domingo in action? Get along to the European premiere of his new prison drama ‘Sing Sing’.
Female filmmakers are strongly represented across the programme, Daisy-May Hudson’s new drama ‘Lollipop’ and Alice Lowe’s buzzy time-travelling romcom ‘Timestalker’ among them.
Look out, too, for Guan Hu’s Cannes-prize-winning Chinese homecoming tale ‘Black Dog’ and ‘Armand’, a new domestic drama starring ‘The Worst Person in the World’s Renate Reinsve.
There are enticing docs on the programme, too. ‘Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands’ will take a raucous, nostalgic look back at Scotland’s female bands from the 1960s to the present day (take tissues in case of any Camera Obscura bits), while Mark Cousins is back with ‘A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things’, a deep dive into the life and work of Scottish artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham.
This year’s EIFF runs from August 15-21 at a variety of Edinburgh venues. Tickets are very reasonably priced – between £14 and £8, with a variety of ‘pay what you can’ options – and they’re onsale now.
Check out the full line-up at the official website.
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